# Justice Department worse than Nixon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 14, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862 "2010-01-14T01:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/21 "2010-01-17T04:02:26Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > That’s OK magellan01, no worries. Well, why don’t you explain what you’ve been trying to say plainly. It seems that what I discern as an attempt to be cute is getting in the way. What is your point? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/22 "2010-01-17T13:01:45Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Well, why don’t you explain what you’ve been trying to say plainly. It seems that what I discern as an attempt to be cute is getting in the way. What is your point? I think he is trying to suggest you are some kind of ditto-head who can’t think for yourself. That’s a favorite tactic of those who want to avoid the issue itself. Be thankful you didn’t use an unauthoirized source for a cite…btw, has that list been updated lately? ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/23 "2010-01-17T14:10:19Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > I think he is trying to suggest you are some kind of ditto-head who can’t think for yourself. > > That’s a favorite tactic of those who want to avoid the issue itself. > > Be thankful you didn’t use an unauthoirized source for a cite…btw, has that list been updated lately? Oh, I’m sure he’s trying to do something like that, its just I can’t figure out specifically what this time. I’d like ho to state it so he can try to defend it. It appears he realizes that I’m not going to let his oblique insult stand without scrutiny and has decided to run away. I’m shocked! Which list? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/24 "2010-01-17T19:18:30Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Be thankful you didn’t use an unauthoirized source for a cite…btw, has that list been updated lately? I dunno, but in any case there could be no rational justification for ever including the **WSJ editorial section** on it (post #20). [_Argumentum ad hominem_ is not always a fallacy.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405245) ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/25 "2010-01-19T02:54:30Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Regardless of what party those imbeciles belonged to, there tactics, and the subsequent actions of Holder and the 15 Dem congressmen who voted to look away is reprehensible. The fact that those on the left on these boards are defending the decision is astounding. But, I guess it should be expected. Sorry, I have to ask: Did you actually count??? At any rate, this reminds me of a History Professor of mine. He wrote a 300 page book, and a published review took him to task for using the same word twice in the volume! Hilarious. Point? Yeah, I \*bet \*you’d like a point. hh ---
**Author:** ![Chen019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/26 "2010-01-19T02:59:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Sounds like just an honest difference of opinion within the Executive Branch. Brain Glutton, Do you think that such an example of voter intimidation (Obama himself has made an issue of voting rights) would have been dropped had it been whites intimidating others? > [@](#): > > Try it and see. Sounds like a nonstory. Yes, of course if journalists share your biases it isn’t surprising that it’s a ‘non story’. You don’t want to know about it and neither do they. Again, if you reverse the races it would fit into the liberal narrative of white oppressor/black victim & would be a huge story. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/27 "2010-01-19T03:30:39Z")
> [@Chen019](#): > > Brain Glutton, > > Do you think that such an example of voter intimidation (Obama himself has made an issue of voting rights) would have been dropped had it been whites intimidating others? Certainly, if it were any of the last five Republican administrations making the call. > [@Chen019](#): > > Yes, of course if journalists share your biases it isn’t surprising that it’s a ‘non story’. You don’t want to know about it and neither do they. Again, if you reverse the races it would fit into the liberal narrative of white oppressor/black victim & would be a huge story. :rolleyes: Dude, be serious. If the _Washington Times_ is the best thing you’ve got and Michelle Malkin and the WSJ Editorial section are the runners-up, it’s a nonstory. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/28 "2010-01-19T03:34:56Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > Sorry, I have to ask: Did you actually count??? Huh? The vote was 15 to 14, along party lines. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/29 "2010-01-19T03:36:38Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > :rolleyes: Dude, be serious. If the _Washington Times_ is the best thing you’ve got and Michelle Malkin and the WSJ Editorial section are the runners-up, it’s a nonstory. Wrong. Malkin is smart as a whip. You don’t like her for that very reason. Too bad. ---
**Author:** ![Chen019](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f19dbf/32.png) [@Chen019](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chen019)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/30 "2010-01-19T03:50:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Dude, be serious. If the Washington Times is the best thing you’ve got and Michelle Malkin and the WSJ Editorial section are the runners-up, it’s a nonstory. As I said, it is a non-story because it doesn’t fit the narrative of white oppressor/black victim. Reverse the races and a Republican administration dropping the charges & you have a big story. Protests by Al Sharpton etc.. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/31 "2010-01-19T04:15:18Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Wrong. Malkin is smart as a whip. You don’t like her for that very reason. Too bad. This should tell everyone all they ever need to know about you. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/32 "2010-01-23T04:48:38Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Huh? The vote was 15 to 14, along party lines. Sorry, the heroin hadn’t worn off yet. See below. hh ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/33 "2010-01-23T04:50:36Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > Is that like your new buzzward since Obama’s coronation, **magellan01**? > You used it [once last year, and once this year, and not once in all the previous years back to 99](http://www.google.com/search?q=magellan01+reprehensible&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)? Sorry, I have to ask…did you actually go back and count the reprehensibles?? hh ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2010, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862/34 "2010-01-23T10:13:23Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > This should tell everyone all they ever need to know about you. What does that actually tell us (or you)? 1. That Malkin is not very smart and everybody knows that? 2. That the liberal referred to is actually open minded and willing to listen to intelligent conservatives… and dislikes Malkin for some other reason? 3. That the “too bad” was mean and out of the norm around here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/justice-department-worse-than-nixon/524862.md?page=1)